Air Con Installer ?, Anyone know one in DesMoines or Dallas? |
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Air Con Installer ?, Anyone know one in DesMoines or Dallas? |
dagdal1967 |
Mar 26 2003, 12:27 PM
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What are YOU looking at... Group: Members Posts: 372 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Carrollton, Texas Member No.: 423 |
Well, thanks to the help of you guys answering a few questions for me and my brother for really giving the car a mechanical shake down, it looks promising that I will be buying a lovely '73 1.7 litre 914 in the next week or so! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Now.. I'm Buying it in DesMoines Iowa, but will be living in Dallas Texas. You can imagine that using a 914 in Dallas every day will be great as I have a lot of chance to have the roof off! But ALSO It would be nice to be able to drive to those business meetings without sweating buckets. SO... I'm wondering if anyone has any experience of having after market Air con installed by a professional, or if anyone knows a firm that they trust in either DesMoines Iowa, or Dallas Texas? I would appreciate any and all help!!!! Thanks Loads! I owe you a beer! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif) Doug |
MarkV |
Mar 26 2003, 01:55 PM
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Fear the Jack Stands Group: Members Posts: 1,493 Joined: 15-January 03 From: Sunny Tucson, AZ Member No.: 154 Region Association: None |
I don’t think you can buy a new off the shelf A/C system for a 914. If you do some digging you can find used systems for sale. They were dealer installed when the cars were new. There were 2 manufacturers, DPD & VPC. The DPD is the better of the 2 systems. The DPD has a condenser w/ a larger fan that cools better.
If you can find a system you will want to convert to a modern Sanden rotary compressor in place of the horsepower robbing York compressor that came w/ them originally. You will also want to replace all of the refrigerant hoses on the system w/ the modern barrier type hoses. Some people convert to R134a refrigerant instead of the original ozone depleting R12 that came in the system. A/C is not very popular w/ 914 enthusiasts. I live in southern Arizona where it gets up to 110 degrees in the summer. I would have to park my car 4 months out of the year without A/C. If you don’t want to install the system yourself you will have to find a local shop that can handle it. Find someone w/ experience working on VW A/C they are very similar. |
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